Mental health is a huge topic that has consistently been overlooked despite how widespread and non-discriminatory the issue of mental health disorders is. Mental illnesses affects millions of individuals with diverse backgrounds but the world has largely failed to treat mental health disorders as seriously as physical illnesses. Unfortunately, there is also a lack of treatment and information for many mental health disorders in a multitude of countries. The data set we are analyzing concerns statistics about the health facilities with mental health resources within the United States only. We are interested in seeing the different amounts of mental health resources being offered across the country as well as what sort of services these health facilities provide and how inclusive they are in treating mental health disorders across the spectrum.
Out of all health facilities across the United States, 10568 of those facilities offer mental health services and resources. All of these facilities that had mental health services conducted diagnostic tests for a range of mental illnesses. Of these, 63.35% took the time and effort to do followup checkups on patients that were diagnosed from the tests – whether that was to set up a followup appointment or link those individuals to other professional mental health resources. It was also very interesting seeing what facilities took into account people with sensory impairments. Approximately 61.4% of the facilities offering mental health facilities implement the use of sign language to better treat individuals with hearing disabilities. The state with the most resources was CA which isn’t surprising as California has the largest population among the American states. In Washington state, 327 health facilities provided mental health services.
A summary table was created to parse the most relevant information related to mental health treatments from all the mental health facilities across the United States. It clearly includes and sorts the most important information from the entire data set. The table is sorted in alphabetical order of the 50 states and US territories so viewers can easily find information and statistics on the mental health facilities and resources provided by a particular state or US territory.
| X | State | Offer_diagnostic_evaluations | NO_identified_mental_health_treatment_approaches | Provides_sign_language | Provides_languages_other_than_English | Regularly_scheduled_quality_reviews | Regularly_followup_after_discharge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AK | 82 | 0 | 38 | 49 | 66 | 57 |
| 2 | AL | 150 | 0 | 128 | 131 | 120 | 119 |
| 3 | AR | 220 | 1 | 146 | 166 | 177 | 157 |
| 4 | AZ | 293 | 1 | 256 | 322 | 237 | 185 |
| 5 | CA | 788 | 3 | 439 | 747 | 636 | 404 |
| 6 | CO | 167 | 1 | 95 | 146 | 128 | 81 |
| 7 | CT | 209 | 2 | 79 | 147 | 157 | 112 |
| 8 | DC | 35 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 21 | 14 |
| 9 | DE | 33 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 23 |
| 10 | FL | 438 | 6 | 342 | 376 | 340 | 316 |
| 11 | GA | 203 | 0 | 137 | 165 | 158 | 161 |
| 12 | HI | 38 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 24 | 23 |
| 13 | IA | 125 | 1 | 68 | 79 | 92 | 74 |
| 14 | ID | 125 | 0 | 41 | 64 | 75 | 82 |
| 15 | IL | 315 | 1 | 195 | 240 | 253 | 194 |
| 16 | IN | 246 | 1 | 209 | 215 | 187 | 179 |
| 17 | KS | 106 | 0 | 63 | 86 | 91 | 55 |
| 18 | KY | 208 | 0 | 159 | 152 | 180 | 117 |
| 19 | LA | 171 | 0 | 98 | 108 | 119 | 111 |
| 20 | MA | 285 | 0 | 140 | 211 | 213 | 157 |
| 21 | MD | 198 | 6 | 86 | 129 | 154 | 144 |
| 22 | ME | 131 | 5 | 97 | 86 | 135 | 105 |
| 23 | MI | 341 | 0 | 237 | 254 | 285 | 220 |
| 24 | MN | 226 | 0 | 135 | 142 | 168 | 134 |
| 25 | MO | 197 | 0 | 152 | 139 | 153 | 118 |
| 26 | MS | 141 | 0 | 99 | 90 | 138 | 122 |
| 27 | MT | 77 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 50 | 52 |
| 28 | NC | 212 | 2 | 109 | 151 | 214 | 200 |
| 29 | ND | 32 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 22 |
| 30 | NE | 117 | 9 | 72 | 100 | 112 | 100 |
| 31 | NH | 48 | 1 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 21 |
| 32 | NJ | 281 | 1 | 110 | 217 | 194 | 166 |
| 33 | NM | 62 | 0 | 37 | 55 | 42 | 40 |
| 34 | NV | 46 | 0 | 24 | 38 | 30 | 26 |
| 35 | NY | 774 | 6 | 400 | 665 | 629 | 498 |
| 36 | OH | 532 | 1 | 354 | 356 | 461 | 384 |
| 37 | OK | 139 | 0 | 86 | 104 | 115 | 121 |
| 38 | OR | 149 | 1 | 75 | 116 | 105 | 60 |
| 39 | PA | 520 | 4 | 264 | 320 | 340 | 316 |
| 40 | PR | 67 | 0 | 40 | 71 | 51 | 48 |
| 41 | RI | 45 | 0 | 29 | 40 | 31 | 31 |
| 42 | SC | 99 | 0 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 |
| 43 | SD | 47 | 0 | 36 | 35 | 42 | 25 |
| 44 | TN | 241 | 7 | 177 | 192 | 192 | 169 |
| 45 | TX | 307 | 0 | 215 | 271 | 242 | 209 |
| 46 | UT | 145 | 2 | 86 | 101 | 101 | 89 |
| 47 | VA | 222 | 5 | 151 | 166 | 143 | 119 |
| 48 | VT | 59 | 0 | 46 | 42 | 40 | 42 |
| 49 | WA | 327 | 0 | 239 | 286 | 214 | 132 |
| 50 | WI | 387 | 1 | 200 | 231 | 174 | 189 |
| 51 | WV | 111 | 0 | 57 | 42 | 80 | 53 |
| 52 | WY | 46 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 41 | 34 |
| 53 | ZZ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Most helpful insights within this US Mental Health Summary Statistics Table:
Mental health diagnostics is extremely important and useful for identifying which mental illness a patient could have. Although mental health diagnostics can also be provided in places that are not treatment facilities, it is very convenient if both the diagnosis and treatment can be provided in the same place – knowing how many facilities in each state provide mental health diagnostics is very useful. Therefore, a barchart was found to be most appropriate in showing this visualization.
Important Observations:
There are a lot of victims of mental illness that are also hearing impaired. Some of their mental health issues could have also stemmed from the fact that they are deaf/hard of hearing. This scatterplot allows clear representation of the amount of resources for individuals with hearing impairments across different states. So knowing how many institutions provide sign language in every state would be very helpful for people who need it to communicate.
Important Observations:
Knowing how many facilities actually responded to the survey is good to know because it gives a good general sense of which facilities are transparent in the information they give out and shows which facilities are underreporting what services they provide. This heat map of the US shows the number of facilities that offer mental health diagnosis across the different states. This information can be utilized to help give potential patients a sense of trust and aid their decision of which state they would want to go to for treatment based on the services the facilities say they provide.
Important Observations: